Food Photography Basic Techniques
A course by Ernesto López (Alkimia) , Commercial photographer
Know the process to accomplish a food photo production

Know the process to accomplish a food photo production
Achieving the desire to consume a food is the main objective of gastronomic photography, and in this course, Ernesto López - commercial photographer specialized in food photography - will teach you how to make it possible. From his creative workshop, Alkimia , founded in 2001, Ernesto has carried out projects for brands such as AAK, Cinépolis, Coffee Tree or Spyral. He has also taught basic and advanced photography at the Universidad Latina de América (Morelia, Mexico), which makes him the ideal teacher to show you everything you need to achieve powerful photographs.
In this course you will learn the basic techniques of gastronomic photography to get started in this delicious world and that you can start your professional project. You will see everything you need in terms of equipment, lighting, development and retouching.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 19 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (144)
- 3,412 students
- 17 lessons (2h 0m)
- 19 additional resources (18 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
You will create a workspace that facilitates your creative process and produce an advertising photograph for a bakery.

Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
To people who want to know the basic techniques of gastronomic photography.
Requirements and materials
To take this course you must have basic knowledge of digital photography, in addition to Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.
On the materials, you will need to have a reflex camera, studio lighting (minimum two flash ), a computer with Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom installed and some kitchen utensils.

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Ernesto López (Alkimia)
A course by Ernesto López (Alkimia)
Ernesto López Ruiz is a commercial photographer specialized in gastronomic photography. Degree in Graphic Communication Design at the Universidad Latina de América (Morelia, Mexico) and professor, by academic excellence, in the Master's Degree in Photographic Design at the Universidad Iberoamericana (León, México).
In 2001 he opened his creative workshop "Alkimia" in the city of Morelia (Mexico), where he carries out projects for various brands, among which are: AAK, Cinépolis, Coffee Tree, Spyral, among others. He has also taught basic and advanced photography at the bachelor's level at the Universidad Latina de América (Morelia, Mexico), and at the master's level at the Iberoamerican universities León and De La Salle Bajío (León, Mexico).
His specialty is lighting, camera management and digital postproduction.
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
Preproduction
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Introduction to photographic production
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Photo brief
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U3
Equipment
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Camera and lenses
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Artificial lighting: studio flash
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Lighting angles and modifiers
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Scenarios
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U4
Assembly and lighting
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Our set
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Light measurement
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Light quality
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U5
Production
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Shooting
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Style Change
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U6
Postproduction
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System settings
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Revealed
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Retouch
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File output
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FP
Final project
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Basic techniques of gastronomic photography
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acolpaert
Fantástico! De básico apenas o título; muita informação importante, transmitida de maneira simples, prática e objetiva.
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andremateusilva
Curso excelente. Recomendo. É um bom curso para iniciantes, embora convém ter conhecimentos alguns sobre fotografia e flash para aproveitar ao máximo do curso.
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algarcia0906
Excelente curso para empezar en la fotografía gastronómica 100% recomendable, ahora si podre aplicar estos conocimientos en mi agencia de marketing
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javosanval
Este es un curso que vale la pena tomar si no tienes noción de cómo hacer fotografía de alimentos, tengo un restaurante y me ayudó mucho, ahora yo hago las fotos y ahorro bastante plata.
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christpalaciosph
Excelente, un curso muy bien resumido y al punto, super recomendado
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